Keyboard Shortcuts

Every shortcut you can find in BetterZip’s menus, plus a few that are wired up to toolbar drop-downs rather than the main menu.

BetterZip

Shortcut Action
⌘, Settings
⌘. Unlock Password Manager…
⌘H Hide BetterZip
⌥⌘H Hide Others
⌘Q Quit BetterZip

File

Shortcut Action
⌘N New
⌘O Open…
⌥⌘O Open and Extract with Queue…
⇧⌘O Open and Compress with Queue…
⌘W Close window
⌃⌘W Close File (keep window open)
⌘S Save
⇧⌘S Save As…
⇧⌘N New Folder
⌘D Add to Archive…
⌘Y Quick Look Selected Items
⌘↩ Edit Selected Items
⌘T Test Archive Integrity
⌘M Direct Mode
⌃⌘C Collect from Clipboard

Edit

Shortcut Action
⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z Undo / Redo
⌘X / ⌘C / ⌘V Cut / Copy / Paste
⌘A Select All
Delete selected items
⌥⌫ Delete with Filter
⌃⌫ Delete Empty Folders
Rename selected item
⌘F Find Items in Archive
⌥⌘F Find Archives in Sidebar

View

Shortcut Action
⌘1 Flat List
⌘2 Outline View
⌘3 Column View
⌘4 Icon View
⌃⌘+ / ⌃⌘- Zoom In / Out
⌘B Favorites sidebar
⌥⌘P Preview pane
⌃⌘H Show Hidden Files
⌃⌥⌘H Show Folders (in flat list)
⌃⌘P File-Packages are Expandable
⌃⌘W Wrap Lines in Preview
⌃⌘F Slideshow

Toolbar Save and Extract menus

The Save and Extract toolbar drop-downs each have an Edit Presets… entry at the bottom that takes you straight to the Presets tab in Settings with the correct sub-tab pre-selected.

Shortcut Action
⌃⌥⌘S Settings → Presets → Save
⌃⌥⌘E Settings → Presets → Extract

Window

Shortcut Action
⌥⌘T Transcript
⌘U Drop Bar / Queue

Help

Shortcut Action
⌘? BetterZip Help

Settings window

Shortcut Action
⌃⇥ / ⌃⇧⇥ Next / previous tab

Notes

  • You can rebind menu shortcuts in System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts. Add an entry for BetterZip and type the exact menu-item title to override the shortcut.
  • The Finder Sync extension respects whatever Finder-side shortcuts you have configured for the contextual menu.